David Morrissey and Lesley Sharp will play husband and wife in the world premiere of Jack Thorne's new play the end of history…, directed by Royal Court Theatre associate director John Tif…
As part of a new series, our editor Lisa Martland picks out seven of her Top Picks from the last week of theatre (20-27 May 2019). Amidst her choices is the return of The Lehman Trilogy, imp…
A sensationally good new British musical that I couldn't recommend more. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at the Southwark Playhouse is something special.
For many parents unable to travel to London, this is their opportunity to take children to Matilda The Musical for the first time, and it's impossible not to get swept up in the excitement u…
dressed. is an unflinching, deeply personal, deeply political insight into the horror of assault, both physical and psychological.
The halcyon days of school and the opportunities it afforded her mother has led Wise Children artistic director Emma Rice to adapt Enid Blyton's classic boarding school story, Malory Towers,…
Take Euripides, Kurdish resistance and refugees in London and what do you get? "A powerful and hard-hitting female tale." We've rounded up highlights from reviews of the premiere of Julia Pa…
Magnificent Bastard Productions have done well to keep this essentially one joke show fresh and exhilarating in Sh!t-faced Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shew.
If ever a cabaret show was more sexy, bold and as inclusive as Little Death Club is then I have yet to discover it.
I've always known that theatres are nice places and that most theatre people are wonderful but I'm currently seeing that confirmed in a completely new way.
York Theatre Royal is behind the wheel for a new production of Alfred Uhry's award-winning comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy which takes to the stage next month with Maurey Richards steering P…
Award-winning American playwright Madeleine George's 2009 play Precious Little gets its London premiere this week at Brockley Jack Studio Theatre care of the five-star and 15-time Offie-nomi…
Tom Glover's play Beneath The Blue Rinse successfully and hilariously breaks through stereotypes relating to how people see the elderly.
My recent theatre trips have included Dante or Die's User Not Found and Blueprint Medea, written and directed by Julia Pascal. Here's a round-up of my on-the-night reactions to each.
Welcome to the stage Mama G the fantastic Pantomime Dame one person show, all the glitz and glamour that encompasses the character are here in the fabulous storytelling show.
Vincent River is a compelling drama not to be missed, and it is incredible to think that even though it was premiered almost 20 years ago, the message at its heart " hate crimes " is still s…
The West End star Liam Tamne chatted to Emma Clarendon about taking part in Main Men of Musicals at Cadogan Hall on 31 May 2019.
The Worst Little Warehouse might be the most energetic performance I've ever seen. I genuinely don't know how Lala Barlow and Robbie Smith do it, pirouetting around the stage while singing, …
The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson, currently playing at the Park Theatre, is a rollicking political comedy which leaves the audience in stitches.
Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet is a wakeup call to the conscious and unconscious abuse of children and adolescents " psychological, sexual, physical " that plagues our society.
The cult French film Amélie has been on a long journey to get to the UK and it's finally set down here for a shortbread-box-sweet tour which captures the whimsy and delight of the film wond…
Does My Bomb Look Big In This? points out that in a world where sensationalist headlines are brandished as political weapons, it is easy to forget that behind them, there are real people who…
Notwithstanding its flawed message, in these times of unparalleled political polarisation The Lehman Trilogy will be lapped up by eager audiences. And for sheer technical theatrical genius, …
Intriguing Cold War thriller Anna is thoroughly immersive, but lacks a convincing sense of historical reality.
Directed by Marianne (actual genius) Elliott and Miranda Cromwell and featuring an African American Loman family, this Death of a Salesman is the clearest, most moving and profound vision of…